Schedule of Proposed Action (SOPA)
10/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
San Juan National Forest
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
Projects Occurring in more than one Region (excluding Nationwide)
Western Area Power
Administration Right-of-Way
Maintenance and
Reauthorization Project
- Special use management
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
09/27/2013
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 01/2015
Expected:03/2015
05/2015
Christopher Wehrli
303-275-5107
clwehrli@fs.fed.us
Description: Update vegetation management activities along 278 miles of transmission lines located on NFS lands in Colorado,
Nebraska, and Utah. These activities are intended to protect the transmission lines by managing for stable, low
growth vegetation.
Location:
UNIT - Ashley National Forest All Units, Grand Valley Ranger District, Norwood Ranger District, Yampa Ranger
District, Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District, Pine Ridge Ranger District, Sulphur Ranger District, East
Zone/Dillon Ranger District, Paonia Ranger District, Boulder Ranger District, West Zone/Sopris Ranger District,
Canyon Lakes Ranger District, Salida Ranger District, Gunnison Ranger District, Mancos/Dolores Ranger District.
STATE - Colorado, Nebraska, Utah. COUNTY - Chaffee, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Grand, Gunnison, Jackson,
Lake, La Plata, Larimer, Mesa, Montrose, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, Dawes, Daggett, Uintah. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Linear transmission lines located in Colorado, Utah, and Nebraska.
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Liz Mauch
970-242-8211
lmauch@fs.fed.us
Tri-State Montrose-NuclaCahone Transmission
Improvement Project
- Special use management
EA
Description: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. is proposing to rebuild the existing Montrose-NuclaCahone 115-kV transmission line to operate at 230-kV. The BLM is the lead agency and the Forest Service is a
cooperating agency.
Web Link: http://blm.gov/dvld
*UPDATED*
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
Comment Period Public Notice
05/05/2014
Expected:02/2016
07/2016
UNIT - Norwood Ranger District, Ouray Ranger District, Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado.
COUNTY - Dolores, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Existing Tri-State transmission
corridor on Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnsion and San Juan National Forests, Southwestern Distrct
Bureau of Land Management and private lands.
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San Juan National Forest
Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region, Occurring in more than one Forest (excluding Regionwide)
Wilson Peak Land Exchange
- Land acquisition
Completed
Actual: 09/03/2015
09/2015
EA
*UPDATED*
Description: Non-federal Parties propose to convey five separate parcels of non-federal land containing a total of
approximately 681 acres to the United States in exchange for four federal properties containing a total of
approximately 303 acres of equal value.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43154
Location:
UNIT - Norwood Ranger District, Gunnison Ranger District, Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado.
COUNTY - Dolores, Gunnison, Saguache, San Miguel. LEGAL - Non-federal: T41N, R10W, sec 4-5; T42N,
R10W, sec 31-33; T43N, R1E, sec 1-2 ; T41N, R9W, sec 3&10 ; T42N, R9W, sec 15, 21, 22 & 28
Federal: T42N, R9W, sec. 17, 20-22, 28; T42 N, R10, sec 18. Non-federal parcels: Upper Silver Pick Basin,Elk
Creek Basin, Cochetopa Creek, Yellow Mountain, and Alta Lakes. Federal parcels: near State Highway 145, Alta
Lakes and Wilson Mesa.
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
San Juan National Forest, Forestwide (excluding Projects occurring in more than one Forest)
San Juan NF Leasing
Availability
- Regulations, Directives,
Orders
Completed
Actual: 09/17/2013
10/2014
EIS
*UPDATED*
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Mark Lambert
970-385-1240
mblambert@fs.fed.us
Description: Determine which lands are available for oil & gas leasing as part of San Juan Plan Revision
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=16459
Location:
San Juan National Forest
Dee Closson
970-327-4261 X4341
daclosson@fs.fed.us
UNIT - San Juan National Forest All Units. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Conejos, Dolores,
Hinsdale, La Plata, Mineral, Montezuma, San Juan. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Forestwide.
Columbine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
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R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
San Juan National Forest
Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Columbine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Abandoned Mine Lands - Silver
Needle Mine Group Closures
- Recreation management
- Minerals and Geology
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/18/2014
Expected:11/2015
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
06/2016
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata. LEGAL - T38N R7W, T39N R7W.
Weminuche Wilderness northeast of Durango: Silver Mesa, Chicago Basin and Vallecito Basin areas.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Watershed management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/19/2015
Expected:04/2016
07/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Clayton Kampf
970-884-1403
ckampf@fs.fed.us
Description: Repair of areas of active bank erosion along the East Fork Hermosa Creek and the main stem Hermosa Creek
above the confluence. Also, installation of fish habitat improvement structures in the streams. Work would occur
over several years.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47628
Location:
Lands - Trimble Administrative
Site Sale
Mary Blanchard
970-385-1319
mjblanchard@fs.fed.us
Description: Closure of up to ten mine adits and/or shafts for public safety reasons. Closure methods could include back-filling
or metal grates.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45967
Location:
Fisheries - Hermosa Creek
Bank Stabilization
Project Contact
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata, San Juan. LEGAL - T39N R10W.
Hermosa Park and north along the main stem of the creek.
- Land ownership management
- Facility management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 12/17/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 05/2016
Expected:09/2016
10/2016
Matthew Janowiak
970-884-2512
mjjanowiak@fs.fed.us
Description: Sale of the San Juan National Forest Trimble Administrative Site under competitive bidding procedures.
Approximately 20 acres. The property consists of land plus three garage-type structures and miscellaneous
sheds.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45948
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata. LEGAL - T36N, R9W, section 15
E1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4, N.M.P.M. Parcel address is 373 County Road 252. Approximately 8 miles north of Durango,
east of Highway 550 on County Road 252 (Trimble Lane).
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Columbine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Minerals - Elm Ridge
Resources Five Goose Creek
Gas Wells.
- Minerals and Geology
EA
*UPDATED*
EA
Expected:08/2016
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
05/2017
Walter Brown
970-385-1372
wabrown@fs.fed.us
Description: Determine conditions of approval for construction of 5 well pads and access roads with co-located pipelines.Total
surface disturbance would be about 20 acres. Tiers to former landscape-scale EIS analysis.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=35602
Location:
Planning - Hermosa Creek
Watershed Management Plan
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/23/2014
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 01/2016
Expected
Implementation
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - T.34N., R.5W Sections
28 and 34, South of the Ute Line. Goose Creek Area of the HD mountains in Archuleta County.
- Recreation management
- Special area management
- Road management
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/03/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 03/2017
Expected:12/2017
06/2018
Camela Hooley
970-884-1414
HermosaSMA@fs.fed.u
s
Description: Develop a management plan to guide the long-term management of the Hermosa Creek Watershed, including the
Special Management Area, new wilderness, and project level travel management.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43010
Location:
Range - Weminuche
Landscape Grazing Analysis
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata, San Juan. LEGAL - T 36-40 N; R
9-11 W. Hermosa Creek watershed boundaries.
- Grazing management
EIS
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
02/19/2015
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 11/2015
Expected:06/2016
06/2017
Jared Whitmer
970-884-1416
jwhitmer@fs.fed.us
Description: Analysis of grazing, including domestic sheep, on 13 active or vacant allotments in the Weminuche
Landscape:Burnt Timber, CanyonCrk, Cave Basin, E.SilverMesa, FallCrk, FlintCrk, JohnsonCrk, Leviathan, PineR,
RockCrk, Spring Gulch, and Virginia Gulch.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37578
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, La Plata, San Juan. LEGAL T36-40N, R4-9W. From northern Missionary Ridge east through the southern Weminuche Wilderness to Pine
River.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Columbine Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Special Uses - Ditch Bill
Easements - Group #10
- Regulations, Directives,
Orders
On Hold
N/A
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
N/A
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: Agricultural water facilities may be authorized under Public Law 99-545 ("Colorado Ditch Bill").
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=36958
Location:
Special Uses - Fracassini Well
and Road Use Permit
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - T39N R4W.
Weminuche Pass.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 09/02/2014
Expected:12/2015
12/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata. LEGAL - T36N R11W Section 16.
La Plata Canyon.
Special Uses - Lemon Lake
Lodge Well Permit/Canalis
Holding Corp.
- Special use management
CE
Description: Issue a special use permit for an existing water well located on Forest land.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47185
Location:
Watershed - Falls Creek
Wetland Expansion
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/19/2015
- Watershed management
01/2016
Matthew Janowiak
970-884-2512
mjjanowiak@fs.fed.us
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/19/2015
Expected:10/2015
10/2015
Eric Herchmer
970-385-1276
eherchmer@fs.fed.us
Description: Update infrastructure on the FS-owned Steinegger Ditch to flow water into and increase the size of the Falls Creek
wetlands complex from 7.6 acres to 13.6 acres. Actions include replacing headgates and increasing the size of 2
existing earthen dams.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47174
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Expected:01/2016
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata. LEGAL - T36N,R7W, section 5
NWNW. The east side of County Road 243 across from Lemon Reservoir on boundary between Forest land and
Lemon Lake Lodge.
CE
*UPDATED*
Matthew Janowiak
970-884-2512
mjjanowiak@fs.fed.us
Description: Reissuance of an expired special use permit for a water well, well house, and water pipeline. Additionally, road use
for an existing non-system road would be added to the permit to access the well. Term of the permit would be for
20 years.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45175
Location:
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
UNIT - Columbine Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - La Plata. LEGAL - T36N R9W sections 21
& 28. Falls Creek area below Falls Creek subdivision.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Mancos/Dolores Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Clayton Kampf
970-385-1220
ckampf@fs.fed.us
Fisheries - Spring Creek
Culvert Replacement for
Aquatic Organism Passage
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
- Road management
CE
Description: Replace a culvert where FR547 crosses Spring Creek. The new culvert would include a bottomless arch to
improve fish passage in Spring Creek.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46652
*UPDATED*
Location:
Lands - Atlantic Richfield Small
Tracts Act Application
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Dolores. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Spring Creek and Forest Road 547 located on Taylor Mesa approximately 25 miles northeast of Dolores,
Colorado.
- Land ownership management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 03/16/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: Atlantic-Richfield Company has submitted an application to acquire three tracts of National Forest System lands
under the Small Tract Act. Parcels are located in Dolores County, near the Town of Rico settling ponds and total
19.41 acres
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46651
Location:
Range - Glade Landscape
Rangeland Management
Analysis
Patrick McCoy
970-882-6821
pmccoy@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Dolores. LEGAL - Sections 24 and 25,
Township 40 North, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M. Area near the Rico settling ponds just north of the Town of Rico.
- Grazing management
EIS
In Progress:
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
06/04/2015
Est. FEIS NOA in Federal
Register 10/2015
Expected:12/2015
05/2016
Heather Musclow
435-636-3365
hmusclow@fs.fed.us
Description: Proposal to revise allotment management plans for 8 cattle allotments to improve or maintain conditions for healthy
rangeland conditions of grasses, forbs and shrubs for cattle use, wildlife habitat, and watershed health.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=43416
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Dolores. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
National Forest lands north of Dolores, Colorado and east of Dove Creek, Colorado including the Mair, Brumley,
Lone Mesa, Salter, Glade, Sage Hen, Long Park and Calf Allotments.
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San Juan National Forest
Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Mancos/Dolores Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Range - Tenderfoot C&H
Allotment
- Grazing management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/06/2015
Expected:08/2016
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
10/2016
EA
*UPDATED*
Project Contact
Heather Musclow
970-882-6818
hmusclow@fs.fed.us
Description: Term Grazing Permit renewal and allotment analysis.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=26453
Location:
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Dolores, Montezuma. Approximately
24 miles NE of Dolores, CO. Drainages include Section House, School House, Tenderfoot, Estes Draw, Wildcat,
and Burnette Creek.
Patrick McCoy
Special Uses - Donald G.
- Special use management
In Progress:
Expected:11/2015
12/2015
Busson Private Road Easement - Road management
970-882-7296
Scoping Start 01/01/2012
pmccoy@fs.fed.us
CE
Description: Proposed private road easement is to authorize, reconstruct, and maintain an existing native surface roadway that
*UPDATED*
crosses a 1.50 mile section of National Forest System lands.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=37953
Location:
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Montezuma. LEGAL - T36N, R12W,
Sec. 7 and 8. Proposed long-term easement follows the alignment of National Forest System Road (NFSR) #213
for approximately 1.1 miles from its junction with a private land parcel adjacent to Montezuma County Road.
Special Uses - HassingerMuscari 20-year Road Use
Permit
- Special use management
- Road management
CE
Description: Renew existing road use permit for a new 20 year term.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46524
*UPDATED*
Location:
In Progress:
Scoping Start 07/22/2014
Expected:11/2015
12/2015
Patrick McCoy
970-882-6821
pmccoy@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Montezuma. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Forest Roads located northwest of Dolores, Colorado and northeast of Mancos, CO. Includes portions of Forest
Roads 556, 557, and 376.
Patrick McCoy
970-882-6821
pmccoy@fs.fed.us
Special Uses - Northwest
Pipeline, LLC Cathodic
Protection Facility Expansion
- Special use management
CE
Description: Proposal to expand from a 10-foot x 10-foot area to a 50-ft x 300-ft area to install a new deep well cathodic
protection facility, including a rectifier box and a deep anode bed to protect a portion of pipeline from corrosion.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47120
*UPDATED*
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/12/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Montezuma. LEGAL - Section 2,
T37N, R16W. Near intersection of Hwy 184 and McPhee Recreation Site entrance road west of Dolores, Colorado.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Mancos/Dolores Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Travel Management - Rico
West Dolores Roads and Trails
Project
- Land management planning
- Recreation management
EIS
In Progress:
NOI in Federal Register
06/05/2015
Est. DEIS NOA in Federal
Register 09/2015
Expected:03/2016
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
05/2016
Deborah Kill
970-882-6822
dkill@fs.fed.us
Description: Forest Service road and trail planning includes reviewing, changing or re-designating the road and trail system,
including types and season of motor vehicle use, maintenance levels of open roads, and decommissioning unneeded routes.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44918
Location:
Watershed - Redburn Ditch
Riparian Project
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Dolores, Montezuma. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. National Forest lands on either side of Hwy145 from north of Dolores, Colorado to Lizardhead pass.
Includes Lone Cone, Fish Creek, Dunton Road, Bear Creek, Ryman Creek, and Lizardhead areas.
- Watershed management
Completed
Actual: 08/19/2015
08/2015
CE
*UPDATED*
Description: Ditch maintenance, riparian restoration and stream channel improvement actions are proposed to restore fishery
connectivity, reduce maintenance, ensure water right is accessed reliably,decrease sediment, and prevent
flooding.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46322
Location:
San Juan National Forest
Fuels - 634I Fuels Reduction
Project
Shauna Jensen
970-882-6815
smjensen@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Mancos/Dolores Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Montezuma. LEGAL - SE1/4 SW 1/4
Section 4 T38N, R13W. Approximately 10 miles north of Dolores, Colorado near the Dolores River.
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
- Fuels management
Completed
CE
Actual: 07/06/2015
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
07/2015
Fred Ellis
970-264-1541
fellis@fs.fed.us
Description: Fuels treatment on approximately 19 acres south of the Fourmile Road on the Pagosa Ranger District
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46973
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Fourmile
area on the Pagosa Ranger District.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Fuels - Buckles Lake RAWS
Installation
- Fuels management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/12/2015
Expected:10/2015
Expected
Implementation
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
10/2015
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Project Contact
Fred Ellis
970-264-1541
fellis@fs.fed.us
Description: Installation of a RAWS station near the Buckles Lake Road on the Pagosa Ranger District
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47550
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - T33N, R1E, Section 2.
Near the Buckles Road on the Pagosa Ranger District.
Fred Ellis
970-264-1541
fellis@fs.fed.us
Fuels - Dunagan Canyon and
Brockover Mesa Fuels
Reduction Project
- Forest products
- Fuels management
CE
Description: Fuels treatment on approximately 195 acres in the Dunagan Canyon and Brockover Mesa areas.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46972
Location:
Fuels - Spiler Ranch Fuels
Reduction Project
Completed
Actual: 07/07/2015
08/2015
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Dunagan
Canyon and Brockover Mesa areas on the Pagosa Ranger District.
- Forest products
- Fuels management
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 10/2015
Expected:03/2016
06/2016
CE
*NEW LISTING*
Description: Fuels reduction in the Spiler Canyon area. These areas are adjacent to areas analyzed in the 2004 Kenney Flats
EA. They were not included in 2004 because they were under private ownership at that time. They were traded to
the FS in 2012.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47775
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Spiler
Canyon area in the southeastern portion of the Pagosa RD.
Planning - Chimney Rock
National Monument
Management Plan
- Land management planning
EIS
Description: Produce a management plan for the Chimney Rock National Monument
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42952
*UPDATED*
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Fred Ellis
970-264-1541
fellis@fs.fed.us
In Progress:
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/20/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
Sara Brinton
970-264-1532
sbrinton@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Chimney
Rock National Monument southwest of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
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San Juan National Forest
Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
- Recreation management
EIS
*UPDATED*
Recreation - 2015 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa Disrict (3rd Generation
Outfitters)
CE
*UPDATED*
CE
*UPDATED*
11/2015
Sara Brinton
970-264-1532
sbrinton@fs.fed.us
Completed
Actual: 09/22/2015
10/2015
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
East Fork San Juan Valley, West Fork San Juan area.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 08/27/2015
08/2015
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to Bugle 'em Up Outfitting
which terminated upon change of business ownership on 7/25/2015. The permit is for trail rides, summer pack trips,
& day hunting.
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - Not Applicable. West side
of the Pagosa District, including the Weminuche Wilderness.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
Completed
Actual: 09/22/2015
10/2015
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to Highlands Unlimited
(Geoff Burbey)to replace a permit that has expired. The permit is for hunting and pack trips.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46815
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to 3rd Generation
Outfitters (Forest Bramwell) to replace a permit that has expired. The permit is for hunting & trail rides.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46812
Location:
Recreation - 2015 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa District (Highlands
Unlimited)
Expected:10/2015
Project Contact
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Chimney
Rock National Monument southwest of Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
Location:
Recreation - 2015 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa District (Bugle 'em Up
Outfitting)
In Progress:
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
08/20/2015
Expected
Implementation
Description: Projects proposed include approval of construction of up to 2 miles of interpretive trails, new visitor facilities &
parking areas near the existing visitor cabin, visitor shelters near the upper parking area & adoption of specific
prohibitions
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46119
Location:
*NEW LISTING*
Decision
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Planning - Chimney Rock
National Monument projects
CE
Planning Status
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Piedra
Area.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
- Recreation management
- Special use management
CE
CE
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2015
- Recreation management
- Special use management
02/2016
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Expected:01/2016
02/2016
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2015
Expected:01/2016
02/2016
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to Sundown Outfitters to
replace a permit that has expired. The permit is for summer horse pack trips and elk and deer hunts.
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
east side of Pagosa District.
- Recreation management
Cancelled
N/A
N/A
Paul Blackman
307-745-2363
plblackman@fs.fed.us
Description: Assessment of recreation opportunities and impacts along the first 5 miles of the East Fork Road where it parallels
the East Fork San Juan River.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42336
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Expected:01/2016
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Piedra Area and West Fork drainage of the Weminuche Wilderness.
EA
*UPDATED*
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to Fawn Gulch Outfitters
to replace a permit that has expired. The permit is for elk and deer hunts.
Location:
Recreation - East Fork
Dispersed Camping
Developing Proposal
Est. Scoping Start 12/2015
Project Contact
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
District wide, with the exception of the Weminuche Wilderness.
- Recreation management
- Special use management
Location:
Recreation - 2016 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa District (Sundown
Outfitters)
Expected
Implementation
Description: The Pagosa Ranger District is proposing to reissue a special use outfitter & guide permit to Trapper Creek
Outfitters to replace a permit that has expired. The permit is for guided day hunts.
Location:
Recreation - 2016 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa District (Fawn Gulch
Outfitters)
Decision
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Recreation - 2016 Outfitter
Guide Permit Reissuance on
Pagosa Disrict (Trapper Creek
Outfitters)
CE
Planning Status
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
First 5 miles of the East Fork Road (667).
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Rosalind Wu
970-264-1529
rwu@fs.fed.us
Recreation - Outfitter Guide
Permit Reissuance (Wilderness
Adventures Inc.)
- Special use management
CE
Description: Renew an existing special use authorization for continued use & occupancy of National Forest system lands by a
commercial outfitter & guide business in the Pagosa Springs area.The permit is for guided mountain lion hunts on
the Pagosa Ranger District
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46791
*UPDATED*
Location:
Completed
Actual: 08/27/2015
10/2015
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. across the Pagosa Ranger District, SJNF.
Christopher Phelps
970-385-1296
cphelps@fs.fed.us
Roads - Chub Draw and
Gordon Creek Gravel Pit
Reentry and Expansion
- Recreation management
- Road management
EA
Description: Rentry into the existing Gordon Creek gravel pit and reentry and potential expansion of the Chub Draw gravel pit to
provide a local supply of aggregate material in order to rehabilitate road surfaces, campgrounds, picnic areas, and
trailhead parking.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45736
Location:
Completed
Actual: 08/03/2015
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Gordon Creek Section 19, T. 37 N., R. 2 W. NMPM; Chub Draw - Section 4, T. 37 N., R. 3 W. NMPM. The existing Gordon
Creek gravel pit is 16 miles NW of Pagosa Springs off of NFSR 634. The existing Chub Draw gravel pit is 22 miles
NW of Pagosa Springs off of NFSR 997.
Special Uses - CenturyTel
Communications Site Permit
Reissuance
- Special use management
CE
Description: Permit reissuance for CenturyTel Communications Site
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=41613
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
08/2015
In Progress:
Scoping Start 02/26/2013
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. Oakbrush Hill Communications Site.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Special Uses - LPEA Capote
Single Phase to Three Phase
project
- Special use management
EA
*UPDATED*
In Progress:
Scoping Start 05/18/2015
Est. Comment Period Public
Notice 10/2015
Expected:01/2016
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
02/2016
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a special use permit to LPEA for reconductoring an existing power line across Chimney Rock National
Monument.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=45484
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Along
highway 151 within the Chimney Rock National Monument.
Rebecca Smith
Special Uses - LPEA Lake
- Special use management
In Progress:
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
Capote Reconductoring Project
970-264-1521
Scoping Start 04/01/2014
(PR 161)
rsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a special use permit to LPEA for reconductoring an existing power line on NFS lands near Capote Lake.
CE
*UPDATED*
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=42848
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. east of
Capote Lake along Highway 160.
Special Uses - LPEA Permit
Reissuance for all power lines
on Pagosa District
- Special use management
CE
Description: Issue a special use permit to LPEA for all power lines on the Pagosa District.
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44508
*UPDATED*
Location:
In Progress:
Scoping Start 08/29/2014
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Hinsdale, Mineral. LEGAL - Not
Applicable. Pagosa District.
Special Uses - National
Weather Service Piedra Guard
Station Weather Station
- Special use management
CE
Description: Reissue a special use permit for the NWS Weather Station at the Piedra Guard Station site
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47147
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/17/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Hinsdale. LEGAL - Not Applicable. Piedra
Guard Station.
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Project Name
San Juan National Forest
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Pagosa Ranger District (excluding Projects occurring in more than one District)
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
R2 - Rocky Mountain Region
Rebecca Smith
Special Uses - PAWSD (Pagosa - Special use management
Completed
Actual: 08/18/2015
09/2015
Area Water & San.)Permit
970-264-1521
Reissuance for all water lines
rsmith@fs.fed.us
on Pagosa Dist.
Description: Reissueance of special use permits for all PAWSD water lines on Pagosa District
CE
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44509
*UPDATED*
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta, Mineral. LEGAL - Not Applicable.
Pagosa District.
Special Uses - Slack Private
Road Permit
- Special use management
In Progress:
Scoping Start 06/17/2015
Expected:10/2015
11/2015
CE
Rebecca Smith
970-264-1521
rsmith@fs.fed.us
Description: Issue a special use permit for use of a private road on NFS lands
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=47145
Location:
Watershed - Rito Blanco
Dispersed Camping Site
Improvement
CE
Wildlife - Eightmile Mesa
Guzzler
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. NFSR
647.E off of the Turkey Creek Road.
Ivan Geroy
- Vegetation management
On Hold
N/A
N/A
970-264-1534
(other than forest products)
ijgeroy@fs.fed.us
- Watershed management
Description: Stream bank revegetation along approximately 100 feet of the Rito Blanco to treat impacts of dispersed camping
Web Link:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=44074
Location:
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - T35N R1E Section 17
NMPM. East side of Pagosa Ranger District, on northwest bank of the Rito Blanco downstream of NFSR 024 road
crossing.
- Wildlife, Fish, Rare plants
In Progress:
Scoping Start 01/28/2015
Expected:10/2015
CE
11/2015
Brandy Richardson
970-264-1530
bdrichardson@fs.fed.us
Description: Install 1 or 2 1000-gallon guzzlers on Eightmile Mesa for wildlife
Web Link: http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46015
Location:
10/01/2015 04:23 am MT
UNIT - Pagosa Ranger District. STATE - Colorado. COUNTY - Archuleta. LEGAL - Not Applicable. On
Eightmile Mesa.
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Project Name
Project Purpose
Planning Status
Decision
Expected
Implementation
Project Contact
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status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited
bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at
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is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
This report contains the best available information at the time of publication. Questions may be directed to the Project Contact.
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